A Rhode Island judge cleared a state agency to proceed with a lawsuit against former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling and executives at his failed 38 Studios video game company to move forward.
That means the state’s Economic Development Corp. may get a chance to recoup some losses related to a $75 million loan guarantee that the state gave the Kingdoms of Amalaur: Reckoning developer in exchange for it relocating from Massasschusetts to Rhode Island.
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The EDC filed suit in November. An EDC lawyer told the Associated Press that he was “quite pleased” by the decision. Schilling attorney Jeffrey Schreck did not comment to the AP.